Maritime News- Tanker To The Rescue Of Extreme Sailor January 6, 2009The official AMVER blog brings us news of a rescue currently underway: Vendee Globe organizers lost all communications with French yachtsman Jean Le Cam after his sailboat capsized 200 miles off the coast of Cape Horn early Tuesday morning. An international effort, including a tanker dispatched by the Amver system, was underway to rescue the sailor. Search [ […]John
- Popsicle Stick Ship - Interesting/Odd Ship of The Week January 6, 2009MAKE Blog brings us this interesting ship: He used to break bones, now former Hollywood stuntman Robert Mc-Donald uses popsicle sticks to break world records. McDonald has built three Viking-ship replicas out of ice cream sticks. All have been seaworthy. including his latest beast, built from 15 million popsicle sticks over three years. He’s now workin […]mike
- Bush to Protect More of The Pacific January 6, 2009Today, President Bush will designate vast stretches of American-controlled Pacific Ocean including islands, reefs surface waters and sea floor as marine national monuments that will serve to limit fishing, mining, oil exploration and other kinds of commercial activities in the designated areas. Areas of interest include parts of the Mariana Trench (shown a […]mike
- Tanker To The Rescue Of Extreme Sailor January 6, 2009
Posts Tagged ‘ports’
International Freight Week 2009
International Freight Week is the Middle East’s only Intermodal Event. The next edition of International Freight Week will take place 18-20 October 2009 at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.
Expansion remains the order of the day as far as the shipping, ports, and logistics sectors in the UAE are concerned, according to the latest [...]
Maritime and Port Security Conference
At any time, there are about 1,000 ships in port. More than 12,000 oil tankers and 3,000 chemical tankers call at Singapore a year. With the substantial amount of oil and chemicals being shipped in and out of the island, safeguarding our waters and port terminals agains threats remains a top priority of the MPA. [...]
Mediterranean Days of Coastal and Port Engineering 2008
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
The first edition of “Mediterranean Days of Coastal and Port Engineering”, will take place in Palermo, according to the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Pianc National Section. The main goal of the conference is to enhance [...]
IAPH World Ports Conference 2009
The IAPH World Ports Conference is a biennial event for the world ports to meet, exchange opinions and share experiences on the latest trends in port management and operations.
IAPH 2009 Conference
The central theme for the 2009 conference will reflect the need for the global ports industry to work openly with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders [...]
The Terminal Operations Conference & Exhibition for Asia
After a very successful event in Shanghai where we welcomed over 800 shipping, port and terminal executives. The TOC Worldwide Events team have decided to keep TOC Asia in China for 2009. TOC Asia 2009 will take place in Shenzhen the 3-5 March.
Port of Shenzhen is situated in the southern region of the Pearl River [...]
TOC Europe Conference & Exhibition
TOC Europe attracted its largest attendance yet with a staggering 30% increase on the year before. This further emphasises TOC Europe as the most influential Terminal Operations Conference and Exhibition in the world.
Where: Bremen, Germany
When: June 16-18, 2009
NEVA 2009
10th International Shipping, Shipbuilding, Ports and Offshore Energy Exhibition · ·
Saint Petersburg, Russia, Lenexpo Complex, September, 22-25th, 2009
NEVA 2007 – an unprecedented success for exhibitor, delegate and visitor alike!
With 808 exhibitors, 50 per cent of whom came from outside Russia, the event bettered NEVA 2005 by a staggering 33 per cent! Testament to the vibrancy [...]
Terminal Operations Conference
TOC Americas, the Terminal Operations Conference and Exhibition for the Americas, is the definitive meeting place for the world’s shipping, port and terminals industries. Following a successful 2007 event in Panama, TOC Americas moves to Long Beach, California for the first time.
Where: Long Beach, California
When: November 8-10, 2008
SHIPORT CHINA 2008
The 6th International Shipbuilding, Ports and Marine Equipment Exhibition for China
Where: Xinghai Bay Dalian, China
When: November 5-8, 2008
INDIAN OCEAN PORTS, LOGISTICS AND SHIPPING 2008
This event is the largest dedicated Container Ports, Shipping and Logistics Exhibition and Conference for the Indian Ocean region and is honoured to be officiated next year by the Honourable Xavier Luc Duval, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Leisure and External Communications. A two days Conference will feature 25 world-class conference speakers in [...]
